University of West Florida men’s basketball head coach Jeff Burkhamer has added Brian Benator to the coaching staff as an assistant coach.
“Brian Benator is a terrific addition to our basketball coaching staff,” Burkhamer said. “Brian is an extremely hard worker and has a tremendous passion for coaching. He loves being in the gym and working with student-athletes. Brian will be very involved with recruiting and his ties to the southeast should be beneficial to our program.”
“I want to thank Coach Burkhamer, Dave Scott, Dr. Bense, and the entire West Florida administration for giving me this opportunity,” says Benator. “I am looking forward to working with our student-athletes and helping them achieve all of their goals athletically and academically. Coach Burkhamer has a tremendous vision for our program and I can’t wait to get started”.
Benator recently served as an Assistant Coach for two years at Young Harris College where he helped lead the Mountain Lions to the Peach Belt Conference Tournament semifinals during the 2014-15 season. He also helped lead Young Harris to a 17-9 record and a second place finish in the PBC West Division in 2013-14. At YHC he coordinated all recruiting efforts and served as an on-floor coach during team practices and individual skill instruction workouts.
Prior to Young Harris, Benator was the Associate Head Post-Graduate Basketball Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Va. Benator assisted in all aspects of the program, including on-floor instruction, recruiting, academic monitoring, and the day-to-day operations of the program.
Benator also served as the Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 2009-12. Prior to Chattanooga, Benator spent the 2008-09 season with Peach Belt Conference-foe North Georgia College and State University as the graduate assistant.
Benator graduated from Georgia in 2008 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management. He completed his Master’s in Business Administration at UTC in August 2011.
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